Penang City Tour

Penang, Malaysia

Penang has perhaps the largest and well preserved colonial-era old town, with excellent examples of Chinese clan houses, colonial homes, public buildings and private mansions. Visit Chew Jetty, Little India and exciting Chinatown, and make a stop at the world famous Royal Selangor. Before the day is over stop at Wat Chayamankalaram to see the big reclining Buddha.

Take a drive through colonial Georgetown to Fort Cornwallis, the most prominent historical remains of Penang. Learn about the strait settlement history and rich heritage of Penang at the State Museum.

Visit Chew Jetty, the early stilted Chinese settlement of Penang and later the colorful Little India and the bustling Chinatown before stopping at Royal Selangor to witness the unique art of Pewter craftsmanship.

Final stop is Wat Chayamankalaram, which houses one of the world's largest reclining Buddha. Option to drop off for shopping at Gurney Plaza.

USD $20.00

Review by: Anna M	February 2012
Good introductory tour of Penang.

Review by: Peter John N	February 2012
A very good tour - even when David was informed that the fort area was closed due to a celebration. He was not in the least perturbed and took us across the road to another temple, which was again very interesting with his amount of knowledge, at a moments notice. The new building housing the Royal Selangor Pewter was an eye opener. Even with all the traffic, it was a very informative tour._br/_ i was lucky enough to have David as my tour guide on all three of my tours of Penang. Should I return and took tours, it would be a pleasure to have David as my tour guide again. Should I take an individual tour, I would definitely ask for David as my tour guide, because of his great personality and amount of knowledge.

Review by: Sivakumar M	January 2012
Was a good tour with a good English speaker.

Review by: Daniel A	December 2011
Good, informative. Driver was very entertaining and a good time was had by all! Good length f time spent at all attractions.

Review by: Kerry W	October 2011
Doesn't matter were we go we make sure we do the city tour as it always gives you an insight of the place. Well worth doing

Review by: So Quyen T	July 2011
It is exelent tour!

Review by: Peter T	February 2011
Tour guide/driver was very helpful. Unfortunatly Fort Cornwallis was closed and the rest of the tour was of average interest.

Review by: Kerrie D	January 2011
Comprehensive tour of the city. Could do without the chocolate factory.

Review by: David H	September 2010
I was disappointed the tour only stopped outside Fort Cornwallis and didn't go in. But we then spent 30min at a Chinese jetty and another 30min at a local chocolate shop!!

Review by: Siew Fun N	September 2010
Good tour but nothing fantastic about Royal Selangor visit becoz not much demo on the production. Main objective is for you to shop for products at the small showroom.

Review by: Lorraine W	August 2010
We would highly recommend however having paid and receiving confirmation of our booking for a particular day we were advised on the morning of the scheduled tour that they "don't do this tour on Saturday or Sunday" and we were going the next day. Very disappointing in view of the fact that we had made other arrangements and had received confirmation. We then had to re-arrange all our other plans. I'm still a bit mystified as to why, all of a sudden, they don't do Saturday or Sunday.

Review by: David S	August 2010
A good way to see the main sites and get a feel for the city after arrival

Review by: Anonymous	July 2010
If going to book a tour of penang , this is the one, the tours guide was fanastic, they talked about the history , all the old building, one of the best tours l,ve been on ,

Review by: Yat Chung L, Hong Kong	May 2010
Good enough.

Review by: Frances A, United Kingdom	April 2010
The private tour was an easy way to see parts of Penang we wouldn't otherwise see. As we had booked it for the afternoon of the day we arrived, our driver/tour guide did things in reverse order due to the outside temperature. Unfortunately this meant we started with a stop at a coffee and chocolate tasting centre, followed by a batik centre, followed by a pewter centre. All places whose sole purpose was to interest you in the manufacture in order to get you buy stuff. I was slightly concerned by this point that this was going to be the trend for the whole tour! Fortunately, after the pewter shop we headed to a road that had two large and beautiful temples, one on each side of the road. The first had a large reclining Buddha and many other smaller temples for you to look around. The temple on the other side of the road had a large standing Buddha and is also in the process of building a new shrine out back that you can contribute to if you are that way inclined. Try to wear shoes that can be quickly removed as you need to take them off for all temple entry. The driver left us to wander around the temples on our own and we headed back to him when we were ready. There was no feeling of being rushed, we could just take our time. The final bit of the tour was a visit to a jetty where the Chew Clan live. You get a quick glimpse of life living on the water. The driver went with us leading the way and pointed out bits and pieces as we went. A nice tour, but I'd prefer to change the shops to something more worthwhile!

Review by: Kai Leung T, Hong Kong	February 2009
I was the only person on that afternoon and was served by a very nice guide. He advised me after I told him what I want to see. His service is excellent. And I also appreciate the travel agency still providing service to customers even though there was only one traveller to join the tour.

Review by: KAI LEUNG T	February 2009
I was the only person on that afternoon and was served by a very nice guide. He advised me after I told him what I want to see. His service is excellent. And I also appreciate the travel agency still providing service to customers even though there was only one traveller to join the tour.

Review by: Manuel N, United States of America	December 2007
It does give you a general view of the city and what it has to offer.

Review by: MANUEL N	December 2007
It does give you a general view of the city and what it has to offer.

Review by: Dixon C, South Africa	April 2007
Good tour.

Review by: Navamonie C	April 2007
Good tour.